The $350,000 in affordable-housing grant money the federal government has taken back from Louisville over the past four years could have been used to get more homeless and mentally ill people off the streets and into apartments.

KUALA LUMPUR: Acting Gerakan president Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon wants the government to consider this scenario. A student from a poor family scores 9As in his examinations while another from a rich family scores 11As.

HARTFORD, Conn. - Barack Obama may have abandoned public financing for his presidential campaign, but in Connecticut legislative candidates are lining up to get campaign cash from the state government.

President Bush signed a bill Thursday that overhauls rules about government eavesdropping and grants immunity to telecommunications companies that helped the U.S. spy on Americans in suspected terrorism cases.

WITH TWO German investors showing interest in becoming partners in city development programmes, the government is working out modalities for channelising their funds, including grants as well as low-interest loans, for the development of Indian cities.